Missed OT with rib injury; expected to play Ravens

9:49 PM,
Nov. 1, 2013

Bengals running back Giovani Bernard stiff-arms a Miami defender in the third quarter Thursday.

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Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said Friday that running back Giovani Bernard is expected to play next Sunday against the Ravens. Bernard suffered a bruised rib late in Thursday's game, missing all of overtime.

Bernard scored both of the Bengals' touchdowns, including the electrifying 35-yard run to tie the game in the fourth quarter.

Perhaps the run would have been more appropriate at the location of the Bengals' last road game in Detroit because it resembled the Houdini acts made famous by former Lions great Barry Sanders. ...